Compton Common

Compton Common is a forest in , , . Compton Common is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Watts Gallery and Farncombe railway station.

Museum
Photo: Fsalino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an art gallery in the village of , near in . The 18 acre site includes a collection of buildings, including the home and artist studio of Victorian-era painter and sculptor George Frederic Watts and artist and designer Mary Watts.

Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
opened in 1897 as a minor stop on the Portsmouth Direct Line between Guildford and , England. It is said to have been built at the instigation of General Sir Frederick Marshall, a director of the London and South Western Railway Company, who lived nearby at Broadwater.

School
Photo: Birdy10, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charterhouse is a public school for pupils aged 13–18, located in the market town of , in , England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in , , it educates over 1000 pupils.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Godalming and Guildford.

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an ancient English market town sitting on the River Wey, in , . has existed since Saxon times. It was a wool manufacturing and trading center in medieval times, later followed by a substantial pioneering phase in tanning, leatherworking and related industries.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large town in in the South East of . It has retained much of its historical charm. A short walk up the cobbled high street shows many buildings which are hundreds of years old.

Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
is a village and civil parish in the Guildford district, in , England on the A281 road immediately south of Guildford. It has a which is between Guildford and on the Reading to Gatwick Airport line.

Compton Common

Latitude
51.2107° or 51° 12′ 38″ north
Longitude
-0.625° or 0° 37′ 30″ west
Open location code
9C3X696G+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 104173086
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Withies Inn and Compton Wood.

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